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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 3 4 530 4,639 948
2 Bell, Derrick 6 20 721 2,744 784
3 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 338 3,273 600
4 Rhode, Deborah L. 10 19 373 1,482 1,040
5 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 315 2,037 486
6 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 412 707 792
7 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 21 173 1,637 745
8 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 13 263 448 1,271
9 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 170 1,912 228
10 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 322 341 955
11 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 13 209 1,500 193
12 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 15 192 1,306 452
13 Edelman, Marc 9 9 273 220 1,095
14 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 177 1,366 430
15 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 91 2,023 122
16 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 26 8 2,199
17 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 5 2,158
18 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 185 187 1,185
19 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 15 169 796 639
20 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 7 13 172 1,189 198
21 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 283 691 151
22 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 129 823 706
23 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 157 1,165 220
24 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 13 97 829 810
25 Zirkel, Perry A. 6 13 156 556 731
26 Lawrence, Charles R. 5 11 140 1,182 171
27 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 151 234 1,019
28 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 7 251 146 606
29 Schauer, Frederick 6 10 188 547 507
30 Priest, George L. 2 5 146 1,149 91
31 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 178 548 502
32 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 4 11 90 1,413 69
33 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 159 910 175
34 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 5 13 131 750 430
35 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 172 502 415
36 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 7 91 1,215 112
37 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 140 1,002 75
38 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 106 747 425
39 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 6 4 180 127 660
40 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 3 196 22 662
41 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 118 793 286
42 Frank, Jerome 5 8 86 1,080 150
43 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 137 785 186
44 Guinier, Lani 4 9 133 781 168
45 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 107 596 451
46 Parker, Christine 2 3 17 25 1,385
47 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 6 7 141 521 316
48 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 7 12 121 614 304
49 Cullen, Francis T. 4 6 51 111 1,110
50 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 6 9 108 676 298
51 Olivas, Michael A. 4 15 51 885 360
52 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 41 1,147 122
53 Keet, Michaela 2 3 17 26 1,303
54 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 33 1,054 218
55 Black, Charles L. Jr. 2 5 79 915 138
56 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 88 772 213
57 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 4 125 246 529
58 Kidder, William C. 6 11 107 493 369
59 Holden, John T. 7 1 147 2 649
60 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 4 5 97 675 223
61 Tushnet, Mark V. 2 8 43 1,053 119
62 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 100 769 111
63 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 119 630 127
64 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 77 881 76
65 McDougal, Myres S. 3 7 45 995 112
66 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 164 81 390
67 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 145 57 499
68 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 8 53 568 448
69 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 63 649 314
70 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 89 479 346
71 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 63 347 588
72 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 7 52 909 109
73 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 6 7 182 133 224
74 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 78 531 337
75 Greenawalt, Kent 3 10 71 707 196
76 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 9 150 281 211
77 Ingber, Stanley 3 6 88 684 124
78 Liu, Goodwin 5 8 111 443 231
79 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 165 46 356
80 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 97 529 212
81 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 26 278 783
82 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 123 460 128
83 Snidal, Duncan 2 2 123 453 127
84 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 7 6 125 160 386
85 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 95 458 240
86 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 5 8 97 539 129
87 Cramton, Roger C. 3 14 29 954 48
88 Hess, Gerald F. 6 10 80 482 240
89 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 127 249 232
90 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 72 571 170
91 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 4 12 76 491 226
92 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 147 188 174
93 Valdes, Francisco 5 14 74 553 171
94 Pound, Roscoe 3 14 32 636 287
95 Farrow, Trevor C.W. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 2 3 46 44 781
96 Eskridge, William Yale University 6 7 88 469 171
97 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 4 8 46 555 289
98 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 7 146 150 193
99 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 6 51 571 242
100 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 112 202 298